Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 7.29% for Q1 2026, up 5307.0% year-over-year from 0.13% in Q1 2025, and down 111.95% quarter-over-quarter from 61.02% in Q4 2025.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 18 consecutive years, with 7.29% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 5307.0% year-over-year to 7.29%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.29% (up 5307.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.26%, up 7638.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 7.29% in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from 61.02% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 61.02% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 291.2% in Q4 2024.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 44.04% across 5 years, with a median of 29.85% in 2022.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 25747 bps — and 2025, when it surged 35222 bps.
- Automatic Data Processing's Return on Capital Employed stood at 93.98% in 2022, then jumped by 64 bps to 33.73% in 2023, then tumbled by 763 bps to 291.2% in 2024, then jumped by 121 bps to 61.02% in 2025, then tumbled by 112 bps to 7.29% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ADP's Return on Capital Employed at 7.29% in Q1 2026, 61.02% in Q4 2025, and 26.5% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -46.62% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -7.29% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 61.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -26.50% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -22.90% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -60.36% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -291.20% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -46.30% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -41.51% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -6.02% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -33.73% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -20.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -15.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -59.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -93.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -29.85% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -37.96% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -17.68% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.08% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 18.29% |